Chapter 1562: NO.177: The camera is still hanging

NO. 177: The camera is still hanging.

Evil God Ghatanothoa, the archdestroyer of ancient Earth civilization in one world, its name and setting both come from the Old One Ghatanothoa in the Cthulhu Mythos.

It had been prophesied as the 'Great Darkness,' also bearing the title 'Ruler of Darkness,' fundamentally stemming from a shadow black mist (ShadowMist) it releases.

It can damage or even destroy the nervous system of living beings, yet has no mass reaction, and cannot be blocked by ordinary attacks or physical measures.

Moreover, it carries special ions that can disrupt the normal operation of most machinery while blocking electromagnetic waves and burning organic matter.

It is precisely this unfathomable black mist that it can continuously release and control, eventually enveloping the entire Earth, that earns it the title 'Ruler of Darkness.'

But this merely means Ghatanothoa is quite skilled at pulling cigarettes and causing planetary euthanasia.

The Chazuo of Manchester, when Suzi dragged her over to lend a hand, also felt confused for a while, completely not understanding how Ghatanothoa's power could help her.

Are we supposed to fuse Ghatanothoa with Carmilla?

Considering Ghatanothoa (Gatanothor) in the Diga movie, it had once been fused with Carmilla in the form of resentment, and the Carmilla in the Tiga set had also fused with the evil god Megalothor (Megalothor).

Then if this connection is a bit skewed, it should also be fusible.

After all, Megalothor's prototype is Ghatanothoa; even its name just swaps Gitan/加坦 for the Greek Megal/'great,' and its description is practically 'the dark ruler attempting to plunge the world into darkness,' almost unchanged, very lazy, with only the skills being a small innovation, and even that is just a small innovation.

Chazuo had heard the trainer complain from the start, and later heard Suzi complain as well; this little gossip about her own card left a deep impression.

Thus, considering that Carmilla and Carmilla, though deliberately distinguished, have no essential difference, Chazuo thinks the fusion of Carmilla and Ghatanothoa should be quite promising.

It might turn out ugly, maybe even with Suzi forming the head or something… relatively short-lived, she feels apprehensive about her own imagination.

However, the swift and efficient Suzi later, after half an hour of being busy, notified her that she could set aside that ambitious imagination.

Chazuo was notified to shoot the PetrificationRay at the bubbling potion below.

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"Are you serious?" Zhouri Ningjing asked.

Such an outrageous statement even made her big friend hidden in the phone screen involuntarily peek out.

Whether she anticipated receiving her message to come and mock later, or simply didn't care about her presence, Ailisuzhi obviously didn't care at all about this trainer's defeated subordinate.

"Of course I'm serious, move aside, let Chazuo step forward."

She raised her hand with an unmoving expression, trying to push aside Zhouri Ningjing's mist-like upper body to gaze at Chazuo's faint gold eyes that seemed to gleam at the edge of the black mist.

"Chazuo, just fire at that potion; can you control the power well?"

This question is merely based on confirming her resolve, for she had already urged other teammates with monster cards to assist in testing over the past few months, in the name of mutual progress.

Whether it's the Golden Ancient Bridge of Meipu Bourbon, the Ghost Lover of Aimu Zhiji, or Chazuo's Ghatanothoa, she has put them through a series of performance tests, indeed achieving nominal mutual progress, helping them further master their cards.

The initial move at the racetrack passageway was indeed a trial run after research.

Under the premise of being long-protected by the trainer and having no chance to unleash giantization for battle, the girls all chose to focus on using their cards in equal‑size combat.

But that so‑called effort, when not bothering the trainer, or rather—assuming they were secretly hiding it from the trainer—Chazuo, Aizhi, and Bourbon each sought help from Ailisuzhi to varying degrees.

After all, nobody is an impulsive horse girl; even the originally most impulsive Aimu Zhiji has become considerably cautious after resolving her inner knot, more or less looking up to someone.

Thinking of keeping it from the trainer yet not wanting to cause an accident that would backfire, the few horse girls whose social circles were narrow and wholly widened by the trainer could only think of turning to the team's sole researcher, not the trainer's girlfriend.

Everyone also hit it off; Suzi needed more data references, they also needed Suzi's technical sharing from Xiao Xi and Aomo, while Suzi in turn grasped each person's cultivation level, clearly knowing that Chazuo actually already mastered a miniature version of the petrification ray.

Ghatanothoa's sky‑covering black mist is indeed important for its oppressive feel, but hardly anyone can forget that purple beam that pierced Diga's chest.

Especially the human form that retained consciousness within it, which many viewers once mistook for Diga's stone‑statue protection mechanism, is undoubtedly that cruel compared to the truth.

How could the kids imagine that the petrification ray, while stealing the opponent's light, would turn their body into a statue yet still retain consciousness?

To make you suffer while living in a sealed posture is the core trademark of the Old One Ghatanothoa.

Although this effect ought to be most notorious, it instead let Ailisuzhi see another possible use.

Full‑body petrification while retaining consciousness, compared to scientific methods that merely preserve the brain's central nervous system, resembles a source energy technique involving abnormal energy; it is unique and the deepest‑reaching interference with consciousness—how could it not be used for the righteous path?

For example……

To completely split one's inner battlefield?

Horse girls are not Ultramen; they have no pilots inside, consciousness is consciousness, retaining consciousness equals the soul alone remaining, easily entering the realm usually shielded by the flesh.

"So… you want to use that solidifying spell's potion to contain the energy conversion process within the light, and apply it to yourself?"

Chazuo blinked, a bit dazed.

As a Spiritism student, her field also involves many potion techniques; whether processing souls or enhancing her own spiritual perception, potions participate, and written exams even directly insert some basic properties of potions into the test points.

This has never posed a problem for her; solidifying some source energy techniques into potions, replacing scroll casting, is within her knowledge as a near‑modern innovation, but… can this heavy‑element aggregate of light really be regarded as a processed source energy technique?

"Will it explode?"

The 'friend' beside her became her mouthpiece, as Zhouri Ningjing frankly expressed her doubts with a skeptical glance at Ailisuzhi's freshly prepared potion base.

"Wait till Aomo turns back and sees the activity room blown up……"

"Aren't you supposed to be happier?" Suzi interrupted.

"If he comes looking for trouble with me and Chazuo, he definitely won't be happy!" Zhouri Ningjing retorted, "Only I go looking for trouble with him—how could there be a chance for him to look for trouble with me?"

Although the little dwarf of the Expedition Support Committee has come looking for trouble too many times these past two days, making it seem as if their Inquiry Committee can solve any problem, but how would she give Aomo the same opportunity!

He actually stole Chazuo's affection for him—unforgivable, you bastard!

Moreover, what if this thing hurts Chazuo? At least she should first move her belongings elsewhere!

"It's completely unnecessary. According to my calculations, even if my container breaks, it won't cause an explosion; at most the floor three stories below will be pierced and petrified."

"Isn't that already a huge deal! There are students having class downstairs!"

"So we can go sideways; half of this floor are empty classrooms, and the three next to us are all……" Having thought of something, she adjusted the support frame again and added a slant, "We'll go at an angle, so we won't hit the college department."

"You didn't even think of the college department just now, did you? You only just thought of it, right?"

"Damn annoying, even Guinea Pig wouldn't be as naggy and loud as you!"

Finally, the perpetually listless Suzi let out her first vigorous shout.

"Then go find your Guinea Pig! Don't drag Chazuo into it!"

I'm looking for Chazuo, not you! When have I ever caused trouble that made Chazuo take the fall! Chazuo, you say!

"... Two times." Chazuo raised both hands, each raising an index finger.

"Uh..."

"You really actually let Chazuo take the blame, huh!" It wasn't that she could constantly stare at Chazuo's side; Zhouri Ningjing almost wanted to make a move, but then heard a swish.

A light whip, like a snake, easily bound her semi-spirit form.

And Suzi, who had flung out the light whip, still stared at Chazuo, about to say: "Chazuo, hear me..."

"Do we really have to use this method?"

Chazuo, having lowered her fingers, asked her, her tone as usual low and mature when not in front of the trainer, making one possibly misjudge her age just by hearing her voice.

"I'm not like you and Dazhenhan senior, who have a psionic foundation in the psychiatric field, Chazuo."

Seeing her serious demeanor, Suzi also lowered her somewhat anxious posture.

"I can't do the mental split for on-site retrieval, letting the superego govern the self to battle the id, and I also don't want to fight with your help, because I've understood the general situation of this: if you were to bring me in, you'd have to accompany me the whole way, like supporting me onto the battlefield."

"... Hmm."

"That's definitely not what that guinea pig guy wants; I want to use my way, with my own strength."

"Obviously you're asking Chazuo for help, yet you're talking about your own strength..." Zhouri Ningjing said sarcastically, then was lifted by the light whip that seemed alive, binding her mouth.

"Chazuo, this is my way."

"I will refuse the possibility of returning to the past, whether it's light and dark, gods or monsters, I will prove it this way, no matter how bold or dangerous it looks, you know that, right?"

"Clear, I am just like this."

"Hmm." With a slight motion, Chazuo nodded,

"Then can you believe me?"

"No matter what you say, just go do it?" Chazuo answered her question with a question, still using the English "Justdoit," leaving her stunned.

Because although her condition was poor, she hadn't lost her memory, recalling that she had said such things before, she spoke in an exhausted tone, unable to tolerate nagging.

"Ah ah, don't say whatever goes, just go do it! Go do it!"

"Spiritualism used to also require discarding common sense, a field not accepted by people."

Chazuo, speaking again, broke her train of thought, but then sparked another, the one from when she first saw the other's gloomy, forbidding aura, when no one dared to approach.

"... Let's do it."

Chazuo said, the fingers she raised already holding the Cthugha card.

"Prove to me that you're indeed different from the past and won't cause trouble and then dump it on me."